Charles Myers

Senior Managing Director and Head of Institutional Equities, Evercore Partners

Mr. Myers was previously a Managing Director and Global Head of Equities at Fox-Pitt Kelton. Mr. Myers joined Fox-Pitt Kelton in 2004 and held a number of senior positions during his tenure. As Global Head of Equities, he was responsible for research, sales and trading of all equities products across the United States, Europe and Asia. He was also a Board member. Mr. Myers has 21 years’ experience in the global equities markets having worked previously at UBS and ING Barings.

Mr. Myers has a B. A. from Amherst College in Massachusetts and a post-graduate M. Phil degree from Cambridge University in England. Mr. Myers grew up in Libya, Peru and Indonesia, is fluent in Spanish and has worked in London, Mexico City and New York over the course of his career.

Margaret S. Stumpp

Chief Investment Officer, Quantitative Investment Associates (QMA)

Margaret S. Stumpp, PhD is Chief Investment Officer for Quantitative Investment Management Associates (QMA) – an $80 billion investment management subsidiary of Prudential Financial.  Her organization’s clients include large corporations, endowments, public entities as well as individual investors.  She has published numerous articles in publications including: The Financial Analyst’s Journal, The Journal of Portfolio Management, and the Journal of Investment Management.  Margaret has appeared on CNBC and her research and opinions have been covered publications ranging from the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal to Newsweek and Forbes magazine.

Margaret holds MA and PhD degrees in Economics from Brown University.  She is a member of the research committee of the Q-Group in Finance, the program committee for the Journal of Investment Management (JOIM) conference series and is also a member of the CFA Institute, the CQA, the NY Society of Security Analysts, Executive Women of NJ, and the Financial Women’s Association of NY (FWA).

Paul Compton

Co-Chief Administrative Office for the Corporate & Investment Bank and Deputy Head of Operations, JP Morgan Chase

Paul Compton is Co-Chief Administrative Officer for the Corporate&Investment Bank and Deputy Head of Operations for JPMorgan Chase. His responsibilities include managing Global Operations, Core Technology and Real Estate for Corporate&Investment Bank and Operations for the Commercial Bank and the Corporate sector.  Paul also has responsibility for the JPMorgan Chase Global Service Centre in India which comprises all six lines of business and approx 18,000 employees.  He is a member of JP Morgan’s Executive Committee, Corporate & Investment Bank Operating Committee and Chief Administration Officers Management Committee.

Most recently, Paul was Chief Financial Officer for the Investment Bank from 2006 – 2010. Prior to that he led the overhaul of the Wholesale Bank’s credit risk infrastructure.  Before he joined Risk, Paul was the Chief Operating Officer of Americas Investment Banking.

Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Paul was a Principal at Ernst & Young having spent 10 years in its Brisbane, Australia and New York offices.

Paul has degrees in Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland, Australia. He received post-graduate degrees from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Securities Institute of Australia.